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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/allaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *h₂elnós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (all).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.lɑz/

Determiner

*allaz [1]

  1. all

Inflection

In compound words, the stem *ala- was apparently used instead of the regular *alla-. This might be evidence of an older heteroclitic or perhaps n-stem paradigm, in which *aln- became *all-.


Derived terms

  • *Alamann-

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 23
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